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Maybe if DRM was working, GoT would still be the most pirated show, but it wouldn't be anywhere close to the massive scale that its at now. DRM is stopping no one who wants the show but doesn't want to pay for it.

The only people DRM is affecting are those of us that pay for it, and have to deal with the DRM issues. Punish people who access it legally while people who pirate it get to keep their money and laugh at us. What a great business model.

Maybe if DRM was working, GoT would still be the most pirated show, but it wouldn't be anywhere close to the massive scale that its at now. DRM is stopping no one who wants the show but doesn't want to pay for it.

The only people DRM is affecting are those of us that pay for it, and have to deal with the DRM issues. Punish people who access it legally while people who pirate it get to keep their money and laugh at us. What a great business model.

So, something only works if it 100% effective?

Do you lock you door to your house. I sure hope you don't waste your time because if someone wants to get in, they can, making your lock ineffective.

DRM has some effect. The question no one knows the answer to is "how much." That includes you.

Seems to me, though, that pirating was more rampant 10+ years ago. Casual folk were downloading all kinds of stuff.

And actually there are some people who still believe in paying for what they acquire....

DRM stops the thieves who have the desire but not the savvy to complete their theft. Obviously that excludes the smart guys who are also thieves!

It also excludes anyone who knows how to read and follow directions (cracking DRM isn't exactly rocket science, downloading torrents is even easier), anyone who knows someone else who already does it, or anyone who can Google streaming services and click a play button, so it pretty much excludes 99.9% of the internet population.

DRM isn't stopping anyone who wants the content.

Its like chaining a bicycle up to a parking meter and thinking it's secure when anyone can come along and lift the chain up over the meter and walk off with the bicycle. But hey at least it stops the people who aren't strong enough to lift the chain.

It also excludes anyone who knows how to read and follow directions (cracking DRM isn't exactly rocket science, downloading torrents is even easier), anyone who knows someone else who already does it, or anyone who can Google streaming services and click a play button, so it pretty much excludes 99.9% of the internet population.

DRM isn't stopping anyone who wants the content.

Its like chaining a bicycle up to a parking meter and thinking it's secure when anyone can come along and lift the chain up over the meter and walk off with the bicycle. But hey at least it stops the people who aren't strong enough to lift the chain.

I'm pretty savvy. I find it harder to get content. It can be gotten but just like locking a door, the act of making it harder deters most. For some it is a game. For most it is not.

You fool yourself into thinking most people have any tech savvy at all. They do not. Napster was easy. But torrents for many who did napster are not. Closing easy paths does deter. It won't stop the hard core. Nothing will. But to claim it has no affect is completely wrong.

BTW, you never answered. Do you lock your door at night or when you leave your house?

I have a brand new Slingbox that I received to replace my older one that wouldn't connect so they sent me that new one and I Never activated it because I can Never get enough Bandwidth to give me a decent picture without pixellation and macro blocking.

When asked why he still lives in the UK despite working so much in the US, John Cleese had this to say: Number one, we speak English and you don't. Number two, when we hold a world championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries. Number three, when one meets the Head of State in England, one has to go down on one knee only.

I have a brand new Slingbox that I received to replace my older one that wouldn't connect so they sent me that new one and I Never activated it because I can Never get enough Bandwidth to give me a decent picture without pixellation and macro blocking.

So I quit using it. Bandwidth is expensive these days.

What kind of bandwidth do you have? All you need is up speed for the sling box. I have 5 up and it works very well. Or did you mean on the other end (phone, etc)?

What kind of bandwidth do you have? All you need is up speed for the sling box. I have 5 up and it works very well. Or did you mean on the other end (phone, etc)?

I mean the Bandwidth in the Marriott Vacation Villa that I stay at in Hilton Head Island and Kauai, Hawaii. They are supposed to be upgrading it but I was getting like 150 to 250 kbs which renders a terrible PQ so I quit using it.

I mean the Bandwidth in the Marriott Vacation Villa that I stay at in Hilton Head Island and Kauai, Hawaii. They are supposed to be upgrading it but I was getting like 150 to 250 kbs which renders a terrible PQ so I quit using it.

That kind of Wireless performance is what you get with most hotels these days as well...once in a while there's an exception.

WIFI is actually a pretty good thing in a home when set up correctly and optimized.

It seems all of those other place boast how they offer "free WIFI" and then deliver virtually the slowest and most unreliable version you can find. It's also typically a shared (subdivided) resources among all the guests. I stay in hotels more than 60 nights a year all over the country and in all levels of hotel prices. It makes little difference. Streaming video for any length of time when traveling is mostly an unpleasant experience.

For all those reasons, streaming while traveling will struggle to ever go mainstream - at least until the average bandwidth outside the home improves in quality and usable levels for video.

I mean the Bandwidth in the Marriott Vacation Villa that I stay at in Hilton Head Island and Kauai, Hawaii. They are supposed to be upgrading it but I was getting like 150 to 250 kbs which renders a terrible PQ so I quit using it.

Gotcha.

I've found some to be good and some bad when I travel. Even the fast ten to dropout though.

And I've gone to 3G even when there is wifi. My iPhone is on a grandfathered plan.

I wish they would bring back G4. Yeah, I know some don't like it, but I like some shows and video game reviews.

G4's dead, all the shows you liked have since been cancelled as of last month and it will rebrand to Esquire this year. If you want a taste of the old G4TechTV try watching EP Daily in syndication, it's produced by G4 Canada and contains segments from their original shows like Reviews on the Run.